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HAVO Maatschappijwetenschappen study plan

HAVO Maatschappijwetenschappen · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Vorming: socialisation, culture and identity (socialisatie, cultuur en identiteit) & Core concepts and social-scientific reasoning applied to current issues (kernconcepten)

  • Define the kernconcepten socialisatie, cultuur, identiteit, internalisatie and acculturatie in your own words and link each to one concrete example from Dutch society

  • Distinguish primary, secondary and tertiary socialisation and classify five self-chosen life events under the correct form

  • Explain the difference between nature and nurture in identity formation and name two socialisation agents (gezin, school, peers, media, werk) with their specific influence

  • Apply the mechanism of rol en status (ascribed versus achieved) to a case of your own choosing and identify the sanctions involved

Your checkpoint

A concept map of domain 1 with at least 12 kernconcepten, each with a definition and one Dutch example, checked against your textbook glossary

Week 1

Vorming: socialisation, culture and identity (socialisatie, cultuur en identiteit) & Core concepts and social-scientific reasoning applied to current issues (kernconcepten)

  • Define the kernconcepten socialisatie, cultuur, identiteit, internalisatie and acculturatie in your own words and link each to one concrete example from Dutch society

  • Distinguish primary, secondary and tertiary socialisation and classify five self-chosen life events under the correct form

  • Explain the difference between nature and nurture in identity formation and name two socialisation agents (gezin, school, peers, media, werk) with their specific influence

  • Apply the mechanism of rol en status (ascribed versus achieved) to a case of your own choosing and identify the sanctions involved

Your checkpoint

A concept map of domain 1 with at least 12 kernconcepten, each with a definition and one Dutch example, checked against your textbook glossary

Week 2

Binding: cohesion and integration in groups and society (cohesie en integratie) & Vorming: socialisation, culture and identity (socialisatie, cultuur en identiteit)

  • Define cohesie, binding, integratie, sociale controle and sanctie and explain how they relate to socialisation

  • Distinguish the four forms of integration (economisch, cultureel, juridisch, politiek) and assign each to a current Dutch debate

  • Analyse how a binding institution such as a sportclub or kerk produces both binding and uitsluiting, using at least two mechanisms

  • Explain Durkheim's distinction between mechanische and organische solidariteit and apply it to one historical and one contemporary example

Your checkpoint

A one-page written analysis of a current Dutch integration debate in which you name two binding mechanisms and two forms of integration, with source references

Week 3

Verhouding: power, politics and democracy (macht, politiek en democratie) & Core concepts and social-scientific reasoning applied to current issues (kernconcepten)

  • Define macht, gezag, invloed, legitimiteit and democratie and distinguish the three forms of legitimacy (traditioneel, charismatisch, rationeel-legaal)

  • Explain the difference between directe, representatieve and participatieve democratie and place two Dutch institutions under each

  • Describe how a wet tot stand komt via Tweede Kamer, Eerste Kamer and regering and name the point at which each actor can block a proposal

  • Distinguish the four political power resources (economisch, politiek, sociaal, cultureel) and assign them to two political parties

Your checkpoint

A scheme of the Dutch legislative process with at least five steps and the blocking options per step, plus a table of power resources per actor

Week 4

Verhouding: power, politics and democracy (macht, politiek en democratie) & Social-scientific skills: research design, data and source analysis (onderzoeksvaardigheden)

  • Design a mini-onderzoek (question, operationalisation, method, population) on a political theme such as opkomst bij verkiezingen

  • Distinguish correlation and causation and name two confounding variables in your own design

  • Evaluate the reliability and validity of three types of source (opiniepeiling, krantenartikel, CBS-cijfers) on the same theme

  • Interpret a table or graph with percentages and index figures and formulate two conclusions with the correct caveats

Your checkpoint

A research outline of at most 400 words with question, operationalisation, method, two threats to validity and a worked interpretation of one data table

Week 5

Verhouding: social inequality and social stratification (sociale ongelijkheid en gelaagdheid) & Vorming: social institutions and social change (instituties en sociale verandering)

  • Define sociale ongelijkheid, sociale gelaagdheid, sociale mobiliteit and sociaal kapitaal and distinguish vertical from horizontal inequality

  • Explain the difference between een standenmaatschappij, een klassenmaatschappij and een netwerkmaatschappij with one indicator per type

  • Describe how an institution such as the arbeidsmarkt or het onderwijs reproduces inequality, using at least two mechanisms

  • Connect institutional change (ontzuiling, individualisering) to a shift in social inequality in the Netherlands

Your checkpoint

A comparative table of the three society types with indicators, mechanisms of inequality and one Dutch example each, plus a 200-word explanation

Week 6

Binding: culture, subcultures and multicultural society (cultuur en pluriforme samenleving) & Verandering: modernisation, globalisation and individualisation

  • Define cultuur, subcultuur, dominante cultuur, pluriforme samenleving and etnocentrisme and distinguish them from relativisme

  • Explain the difference between assimilatie, segregatie and integratie and apply each to a Dutch policy period

  • Describe the mechanisms of modernisering, globalisering and individualisering and name one positive and one negative consequence per mechanism

  • Analyse how globalisation and individualisation change a subculture such as a religious community or a youth culture

Your checkpoint

A timeline of Dutch integration policy since 1960 with three periods, the dominant model per period and a 300-word argument connecting one period to individualisation

Week 7

Vorming: socialisation, culture and identity (socialisatie, cultuur en identiteit) & Verhouding: power, politics and democracy (macht, politiek en democratie) & Binding: cohesion and integration in groups and society (cohesie en integratie)

  • Write a full exam answer on a vorming question using the structure claim, kernconcept, mechanism and example

  • Write a full exam answer on a verhouding question about power or democracy with two actors and one conflict of interest

  • Write a full exam answer on a binding question about integration with a reference to a source text

  • Check all three answers against the criteria of kernconcept use, causal reasoning and the link between question and conclusion

Your checkpoint

Three timed exam answers of 15 minutes each, self-assessed against a checklist of kernconcept use, causal chain and conclusion

Week 8

Social-scientific skills: research design, data and source analysis (onderzoeksvaardigheden) & Core concepts and social-scientific reasoning applied to current issues (kernconcepten)

  • Make a complete oefenexamen under time pressure and score it per domain to identify your two weakest domains

  • Re-explain the ten kernconcepten you scored lowest on, each with a definition, a mechanism and a current example

  • Analyse two source questions from the oefenexamen and write down the exact steps you used to reach the answer

  • Draw up a one-page final overview per domain with the kernconcepten, the key mechanisms and one exam tip

Your checkpoint

A scored oefenexamen with a per-domain overview of scores and a one-page final summary sheet for all nine domains

Milestones